Would technological competence still be relevant after collapse of society?
Let's not assume a Fallout-like scenario here, where Vaults full of computers and robots still exist. Assume that tomorrow society as we know it completely implodes due to economic problems, an environmental catastrophe or war.
What tech jobs/competences will remain relevant in the period after that collapse?
Will programmers be completely useless after the internet and all other networks cease to exist?
What will /g/ do when power plants eventually stop running?
>>56286850
Health will be even more crucial than before. That means tech relating to
- medicine
- pharma
- medical equipment (that is truly a lot)
Depending on your scenario mobile phones and the Internet might be gone or compromised beyond use. Still, there are alternatives like radio communication which requires a fair bit of tech.
Next is of course food and especially agriculture. Someone will have to fix farm equipment, make synthetic fertilizers unless you want subsequent mass starvation to decimate the survivors even further.
For power you have solar (very mobile) and wind (mobile systems exist) that can power you for a while. you might still want top go for wood gas power if situation is bad, and that also requires some tech insight.
>>56287722
>medicine
Yeah, this was my first thought as well, medicine will stay relevant for as long as mankind exists
I've been wondering if it'd be beneficial getting a job at a hospital/working with medical technology
Though the problem with electricity still arises
not sure how good solar/wind power would be if we're talking about powering an entire hospital
>agriculture
thought about this as well
but how much hardware/software is actually involved in agriculture?
This all made me realize how much everything hinges on electricity
if it goes out we're quite fucked
I hope more-or-less self-sustaining nuclear plants become widespread sometime soon
Think about how many industries instantly become obsolete though
>telecommunications (majority of it)
>postal services
>grocery stores
>any web-based services (storage, infrastructure, etc)
>the entire entertainment industry
The only technology that could hope to actually survive would be something self-contained, either working on a private closed network or without a network at all